ISBN: 9781154640670

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...met My little palm, or nodded to my cheek, When flowers with upturned faces gazing drew My wonder downward, seeming all to speak With eyes of souls that dumbly heard and knew. Then came the copse, where wild things rushed unseen, And black-scathed grass betrayed the past abode Of mystic gypsies, who still lurked between Me and each hidden distance of the road. A gypsy once had startled me at play, Blotting with her dark smile my sunny day.... Our brown canal was endless to my thought; And on its banks I sat in dreamy peace, Unknowing how the good I loved was wrought, Untroubled by the fear that it would cease. Slowly the barges floated into view Rounding a grassy hill, to me sublime With some Unknown beyond it, whither flew The parting cuckoo toward a fresh spring time. The wide-arched bridge, the scented elderflowers, The wondrous watery rings that died too soon, The echoes of the quarry, the still hours With white robe sweeping on the shadeless noon, Were but my growing self, are part of me, My present Past, my root of piety.... We had the self-same world, enlarged for each By loving difference of girl and boy: The fruit that hung on high beyond my reach He plucked for me, and oft he must employ A measuring glance to guide my tiny shoe Where lay firm stepping-stones, or call to mind ''This thing I like my sister may not do, For she is little, and I must be kind.'' Thus boyish Will the nobler mastery learned Where inward vision over impulse reigns, Widening its life with separate life discerned, A Like unlike, a Self that self-restrains. His years with others must the sweeter be For those brief days he spent in loving me. His sorrow was my sorrow, and his joy Sent little leaps and laughs through all my frame; My doll seemed lifeless, and no... Anonymous, Books, History, A Book Of English Verse On Infancy And Childhood Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London: Macmillan and co., limited; Publication date: 1921; Subjects: Children in literature; English poetry; English poetry, Collections; History / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9781154640670

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...met My little palm, or nodded to my cheek, When flowers with upturned faces gazing drew My wonder downward, seeming all to speak With eyes of souls that dumbly heard and knew. Then came the copse, where wild things rushed unseen, And black-scathed grass betrayed the past abode Of mystic gypsies, who still lurked between Me and each hidden distance of the road. A gypsy once had startled me at play, Blotting with her dark smile my sunny day.... Our brown canal was endless to my thought; And on its banks I sat in dreamy peace, Unknowing how the good I loved was wrought, Untroubled by the fear that it would cease. Slowly the barges floated into view Rounding a grassy hill, to me sublime With some Unknown beyond it, whither flew The parting cuckoo toward a fresh spring time. The wide-arched bridge, the scented elderflowers, The wondrous watery rings that died too soon, The echoes of the quarry, the still hours With white robe sweeping on the shadeless noon, Were but my growing self, are part of me, My present Past, my root of piety.... We had the self-same world, enlarged for each By loving difference of girl and boy: The fruit that hung on high beyond my reach He plucked for me, and oft he must employ A measuring glance to guide my tiny shoe Where lay firm stepping-stones, or call to mind ''This thing I like my sister may not do, For she is little, and I must be kind.'' Thus boyish Will the nobler mastery learned Where inward vision over impulse reigns, Widening its life with separate life discerned, A Like unlike, a Self that self-restrains. His years with others must the sweeter be For those brief days he spent in loving me. His sorrow was my sorrow, and his joy Sent little leaps and laughs through all my frame; My doll seemed lifeless, and no... Anonymous, Books, History, A Book Of English Verse On Infancy And Childhood Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781154640670

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… More...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London: Macmillan and co, limited; Publication date: 1921; Subjects: Children in literature; English poetry; English poetry, Collections; History / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Books History~~General A-Book-of-English-Verse-on-Infancy-and-Childhood~~L-S-Wood General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London: Macmillan and co., limited; Publication date: 1921; Subjects: Children in literature; English poetry; English poetry, Collections; History / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<